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This opinionated guide to the best trails in top hiking destinations features trails that take you above timberline to turquoise lakes nestled in dramatic cirques, to passes with see forever views and to glorious alpine meadows filled with wildflowers.

This hiker's wonderland around Lee Vining, Mammoth Lakes, Bishop and Lone Pine is crisscrossed by trails traveling through the John Muir and Ansel Adams Wildernesses, Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks.